BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Shilling, Bristol mint, 1644, crowned bust left, plumelet before face, value behind head, no initial mark both sides, rev struck en médaille, Latin declaration in three lines, plumes above with small plumelet either side, date below with BR monogram, 5.51g (Brooker 997; N 2501; S 3016A). Toned with a patina from the River Thames mud, weak patches, about very fine.
ex "A Commonwealth Find", discovered 1995
see Baldwin's Auction 14, 13 October 1997, lot 411 (recorded in sale for completeness but not actually sold at that time)
Estimate: £700-900